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全美职业冰球联赛（NHL）招募新晋球星，来自北京的宋安东（Andong Song）周六被纽
约岛人（New York Islanders）选中，成为NHL有史以来首名华裔球员。
宋安东的妈妈在他年轻时，想他学一种运动，因而选了冰球，在北京的小冰球场上首次
接触冰球，10岁时已才华毕露，加入少年冰球队，也参与过多项赛事，一家人后来移民
加拿大。
18岁的宋安东表示，很荣幸能成为「第一人」：「身为中国第一人，要承受家乡父老很
多压力。但这是正面的压力，会让我更有动力精益求精，要让他们以我为荣。」
追风少年 助推北京申奥
昨晨的2015年北美职业冰球联盟（NHL）选秀大会上，年仅18岁的宋安东在第6轮
172顺位被纽约岛人队选中，成为该联盟近百年历史上第一位被选中的中国球员。至此
，他成为自王治郅，姚明，易建联、孙悦等人之后，中国第7位被北美体育职业联盟选
中的球员。值得一提的是，在北京申办2022年冬奥会的大环境下，宋安东的出现不仅对
冰雪项目有促进作用，还将对北京申奥带来积极的影响，好比一场“及时雨”。
选秀是奇妙的经历 先读大学 再打职业
被NHL选中对于外形阳光帅气的宋安东来说，可谓打开了梦想的大门。NHL创立于
1917年，距今已有将近百年历史，属于北美四大职业体育联盟之一。而且一直以来，
NHL中鲜有黄种人的面孔，日本的福藤丰是历史上首位亚洲选手。本次NHL选秀有超过
1000人参加，其中只有211人能够被选中，这意味着只有1/5的人能如此幸运。毫无疑问
的是，美国四大体育联盟是很多体育人的梦想之地，年仅18岁的宋安东能否“鱼跃龙门
”呢？
年仅18岁的追风少年真的给国人带来了惊喜，他入选了。当纽约岛人选中宋安东后
，他坦言内心十分激动。“当时我非常高兴，一开始不相信纽约岛人队能够选上我，我
觉得选秀过程是一个很奇妙的经历，对我的成长很有帮助。”加入NHL后，宋安东的生
活注定变得更加繁忙，学习、打球将占据他大部分的时间。宋安东表示：“明年把高中
读完，之后去打4年的大学冰球，然后再开始我的职业生涯，顺利的话，5年左右能在联
盟中出现。”
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Andong Song became the first Chinese-born player to be
selected in the NHL Draft when the New York Islanders chose him Saturday in
the sixth round (No. 172).
The 6-foot, 161-pound defenseman, who plays at the Lawrenceville School in
New Jersey, had three goals and seven assists in 26 games. He said he
patterns his game after former Detroit Red Wings star Nicklas Lidstrom.
Lawrenceville coach Etienne Bilodeau said Song stepped into a major role not
long after arriving at the school and was named captain this season.
"Given the composition of our team this year, in a lot of ways he can relate
to how many minutes Duncan Keith logged during the [Stanley Cup] Playoffs,"
Bilodeau said. "He was pretty much on a similar ratio minute-wise for our
squad. He was our go-to guy at the blue line. ... His game is steady. He has
good edge work, handles the puck well and really is very well-positioned
all the time in the context of anticipating and knowing how to support the
offense and knowing how to take care of his end and to be very reliable on
both sides of the puck."
More important than Song's statistics is the significance of his birthplace:
Beijing.
"I am the first," he said. "Hopefully what I want to do is rally people
behind me. Not focus on myself but do something good for Chinese hockey."
He hasn't yet met Islanders owner and governor Charles B. Wang, who was born
in Shanghai and moved to the U.S. with his family as a boy. Andong said he
and his agent were aware of interest from the Islanders for some time, but
didn't absolutely know for certain that he was getting picked until his name
was called.
"Being the first Chinese player, it's a lot of pressure from people back
home, but good pressure," Andong said. "I hope that will motivate me to
become a better player and hopefully I'll make them proud."
One of his earliest memories is watching the U.S. play against Russia at the
Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002. China is trying to land the 2022 Winter
Games, which is one of many reasons why the game seems to be growing there
rapidly.
"When I started playing there weren't a lot of people playing there and not
much support for the game," said Andong, whose brother still plays in
Beijing. "But last year when I went back, it'd been like eight years since I
've seen Chinese hockey, it's just been tremendous how far they've grown. I'
m sure they'll keep trying to catch up to North America and Europe and
Russia, but there's still a little gap."
According to several reports, millions of people were watching the historic
selection back home in Song's native China. | u*****a
发帖数: 6276 | 2 估计在 NCAA 可能可以上场。在 NHL 上场的话，难度很大。 | u*****a
发帖数: 6276 | 3 说到 NCAA 里面的华裔名人，李彤应该算一个。当年曾拿过室内 55 米跨栏的 NCAA 冠
军（Washintong State University)。后来退役，进了耐克公司搞营销，2008年钦点刘
翔，让耐克和刘翔在雅典奥运，出尽了风光。 | i*****t
发帖数: 9074 | 4 你讲的李彤好像当年110米栏只进过前八，55米兰因该不是正规项目。。。还2008钦点
刘翔？？？雅典是2004，这个送安东也就是个吉祥物。。。 |
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